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john mccain. watch. >> these sinister acquisitions rest solely on a few unsubstantiated allegations, none of which have been found to harm or threaten the united states in any way. these attacks have no logic, no basis, and no merit, and they need to stop. they need to stop now. >> that was a great speech by senator mccain, and i would even call it heroic the way he stood up for fellow americans. you have to give him credit on that. john mccain was first, but now almost all of the republicans have bailed. even john boehner. even today brother from wisconsin, a deeply conservative guy who usually would love this kind of stuff, he even turns on bachmann, watch. >> the comments that were made about her in that letter whether or not they were taken out of context, were the wrong thing to do. she could not have gotten a job either as then senator hilary clinton's top advisor or the job in the state department without passing a rather rigorous security clearance. >> that's standing up to a constituent a
john mccain. watch. >> these sinister acquisitions rest solely on a few unsubstantiated allegations, none of which have been found to harm or threaten the united states in any way. these attacks have no logic, no basis, and no merit, and they need to stop. they need to stop now. >> that was a great speech by senator mccain, and i would even call it heroic the way he stood up for fellow americans. you have to give him credit on that. john mccain was first, but now almost all of the...
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john mccain lost to president obama by 13 points among women and he lost the presidency. you cannot lose women by double digits and be president of the united states. >> bill: what are the republicans thinking when, for example, like on the violence against women act or the lily led led better act and the federal leave act and all of these issues which do impact just the rights of women to be considered first class citizens i guess in this country. laura, what are they thinking? >> i don't know what they're thinking. a lot of their moves have not been very politically smart lately. but you see them like, for instance, with the violence against women act, republicans put forth a woman to introduce the act sandy adams from florida. she was actually a domestic violence victim. she didn't actually write the bill but they basically boehner chose her and said because you're a woman and you were abused, you're going to sponsor this and it is going to make us look less anti-woman here. we've got all of these republican women that are supporting it so how can it be a war on women.
john mccain lost to president obama by 13 points among women and he lost the presidency. you cannot lose women by double digits and be president of the united states. >> bill: what are the republicans thinking when, for example, like on the violence against women act or the lily led led better act and the federal leave act and all of these issues which do impact just the rights of women to be considered first class citizens i guess in this country. laura, what are they thinking? >>...
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even john mccain, leading the charge against rice had high praise for john kerry on fox news yesterday. >> john kerry came within a whisker of being president of the united states. i think that works in his favor but i'd love to hear him make his case, but i don't have anything in his background like this tragedy in again gassy that would make me really want to carefully examine the whole situation. >> of course it doesn't hurt that if kerry took the job it would open up a senate seat that could go to republican scott brown who just lost his seat to elizabeth warren. joining me now to talk about the wrangling in washington and on the ground in massachusetts is he is square magazine political reporter charlie pierce. welcome back inside the war room. >> good evening governor, just what we here in massachusetts need another reason to think we're the center of the universe. >> well you are the center of your own universe. what does is pour tend that these moderate republicans are not onboard? >> it pour tends that susan collins is afraid of a tea party challenge and they've decided that t
even john mccain, leading the charge against rice had high praise for john kerry on fox news yesterday. >> john kerry came within a whisker of being president of the united states. i think that works in his favor but i'd love to hear him make his case, but i don't have anything in his background like this tragedy in again gassy that would make me really want to carefully examine the whole situation. >> of course it doesn't hurt that if kerry took the job it would open up a senate...
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did john mccain know about this before it was announced publicly? did white house call him and say okay john, you win this one but we want something back. we're going to give this to you. be gracious but here's what we expect in terms of a b or c? what do you think? >> i have no idea but i doubt it. i think there was a lot of anger and frustration. i happened to be with senator mccain and john udall and barbara mikulski and john barrasso after they did their mugging of susan rice. john was -- knew he had hit at least a double if not a triple in going after her and basically put the white house back on its heels in the way the president responded to their comments. and i think that this -- you know, episode has given john mccain a win and i don't think the white house is going to say okay, we're going to give you what you want, now you have to play with us on other things. i don't think that's the way this game was played. this was a vicious game and i think there are resentments that will continue for some time. >> that's exactly right. although the
did john mccain know about this before it was announced publicly? did white house call him and say okay john, you win this one but we want something back. we're going to give this to you. be gracious but here's what we expect in terms of a b or c? what do you think? >> i have no idea but i doubt it. i think there was a lot of anger and frustration. i happened to be with senator mccain and john udall and barbara mikulski and john barrasso after they did their mugging of susan rice. john...
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john mccain in the entire primary which he won only spent $11 million in ads. mitt romney has crushed that amount in florida alone. that's amazing. >> and all of the romney ads all of the romney -- 99% of mitt romney's campaign ads, 99% were negative and all 5,000 all 4900 of the super pack ads, all of them, negative. not 99.9, 100%. >> no touchy feeley, here's mitt romney and look at his kids and dog, he wouldn't want you to see his dog, because he's on top of the car but it was all like newt gingrich. we have some of that for you later. gingrich's response was interesting, mad, going around giving speeches about this guy being for taxes, anti abortion, anti anything anybody cared about and then this robo call comes out. >> this governor of massachusetts mitt romney bill paying for seniors in our nursing homes. for the first time, we're forced to eat non-kosher because he thought it was too much for our grandfathers to seat non-kosher. >> did you hear that? he's saying that mitt romney took away kosher food from holocaust survivors. >> let's not let karl rove
john mccain in the entire primary which he won only spent $11 million in ads. mitt romney has crushed that amount in florida alone. that's amazing. >> and all of the romney ads all of the romney -- 99% of mitt romney's campaign ads, 99% were negative and all 5,000 all 4900 of the super pack ads, all of them, negative. not 99.9, 100%. >> no touchy feeley, here's mitt romney and look at his kids and dog, he wouldn't want you to see his dog, because he's on top of the car but it was...
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. >> john: let me say one thing in john mccain's defense. he has more energy than most 40 -year-olds i know. he proves that age is nothing but a number every day. i would never make fun of his age. i would make fun of his desperation and his desperate case to stay relevant with the tea party that despise him in his own republican wing. >> caller: nation has no appetite to go back to war anywhere. let's resolve the issues we've got. and you know, work peacefully. >> john: i agree jack. you're right. thank you very much. i'm glad -- it is 3:30 where you are. i wish you a great day. it won't be light for another six hours. thank you jack from oregon. we'll be taking your calls and i'll be joined by dan glickman now from the bipartisan policy center. i'm john fuglesang. this is the "bill press show." good morning. fast max. use as directed. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill
. >> john: let me say one thing in john mccain's defense. he has more energy than most 40 -year-olds i know. he proves that age is nothing but a number every day. i would never make fun of his age. i would make fun of his desperation and his desperate case to stay relevant with the tea party that despise him in his own republican wing. >> caller: nation has no appetite to go back to war anywhere. let's resolve the issues we've got. and you know, work peacefully. >> john: i...
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this entire puppet show that john mccain and lindsay graham have done right now john mccain is waiving susan rice's scalp around trying to make his former friends like him again. so when you make a joke like i just did that they will finally find him butch, you'll find the conservative straight homophobes get so upset. >> stephanie: he said -- in my state we're not going to change the traditional definition of marriage -- he is a confirmed bachelor, isn't he? i support the traditional definition of marriage not out of hate but i think it's gist best for society. >> it's for society, not for him. >> he never settled down. he is a bachelor. lindsay has a friend -- he lives with a friend. >> my manner is -- man servant. >> stephanie: he said here is a country that stands on the grounds of freedom democracy and equality. are you telling me that's fine as long as you live in the same state. john mccain, lindsay's lover -- [ buzzer ] >> stop it. >> stephanie: the constitution of the united states have all rights re -- morgan said would you allow slavery in some states but not others? >> very
this entire puppet show that john mccain and lindsay graham have done right now john mccain is waiving susan rice's scalp around trying to make his former friends like him again. so when you make a joke like i just did that they will finally find him butch, you'll find the conservative straight homophobes get so upset. >> stephanie: he said -- in my state we're not going to change the traditional definition of marriage -- he is a confirmed bachelor, isn't he? i support the traditional...
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john mccain, no one with more security than john mccain, it looks tough and courageous. they help politically. they hurt if you have leaks you really can't control you're going to have a leak at some point that you don't want to have. mccain is right, you can't have this information leaking out. >> it seems now i think with the advent of holder and the news that he's investigating it and the white house is-- >> he's using top prosecutors. >> he is using top prosecutors that makes you think that he treats it importantly. let's change topics. i know bengy is a sports fan. i want to know if the nfl is in trouble, and if so, how much trouble they're actually in. there are 2,000 former players who have filed suit. the largest lawsuit in the history of sports about the brain injuries and the danger of head trauma to players. let's listen to abc. >> the charge the league knew and deliberately head the hid the dangers of head traumas to players. it would be the force equivalent of a sledgehammer blow to the head. the average player takes 900 to 1500 head shots a season. >> yeah,
john mccain, no one with more security than john mccain, it looks tough and courageous. they help politically. they hurt if you have leaks you really can't control you're going to have a leak at some point that you don't want to have. mccain is right, you can't have this information leaking out. >> it seems now i think with the advent of holder and the news that he's investigating it and the white house is-- >> he's using top prosecutors. >> he is using top prosecutors that...
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john mccain hired her. when he hired her she used to work for lockheed martin. you know what lockheed martin did? they said hey you know what? we're glad you're going over to the government. here is a $1.6 million retirement package. make sure you watch out for us. that's a $1.6 million bribe that when you go back into the government you funnel those billions of dollars to lockheed martin and to the other defense contractors. if they ever cut a nickel from it instead of cutting from the poor the middle class you make sure you scream bloody murder about how we're going to get shot in the head. you and your bosses and that's exactly what is happening right now. they don't believe a word of it! they're saying it because they get paid legal bribes to do this to take money out of our pockets, out of the pockets of the middle class and to give it to the defense contractors. don't believe a word of it. now when we come back, more controversy. we've got it in the olympics. >> i think we're way too cynical and we want to presume all of the worst things. she could just be
john mccain hired her. when he hired her she used to work for lockheed martin. you know what lockheed martin did? they said hey you know what? we're glad you're going over to the government. here is a $1.6 million retirement package. make sure you watch out for us. that's a $1.6 million bribe that when you go back into the government you funnel those billions of dollars to lockheed martin and to the other defense contractors. if they ever cut a nickel from it instead of cutting from the poor...
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so we were talking about john mccain and lindsey graham. what is behind this obsession and the personal attack on susan rice? >> it is very odd because you know, she had a meeting at her own request with all of these senators and she has more meetings today. >> bill: yes. >> at first it wasn't clear when they came out and said they were more troubled at what the problem. then they put out a statement the essence of it seems to be that acting c.i.a. director michael morrell said that the talking points have been changed by the fbi because of an on-going criminal investigation. and they were very troubled by this because of course we had already been told it was the dni that changed them. then they got a call at 4:00 p.m. from the c.i.a., actually, no it wasn't. it was us. we changed them. so then they're going what the bleep is going on? they can't get their act straight. and yet the focus of their rage when they came out from the meeting was susan rice, not michael morrell. >> bill: right. so susan rice, first of all not responsible for sec
so we were talking about john mccain and lindsey graham. what is behind this obsession and the personal attack on susan rice? >> it is very odd because you know, she had a meeting at her own request with all of these senators and she has more meetings today. >> bill: yes. >> at first it wasn't clear when they came out and said they were more troubled at what the problem. then they put out a statement the essence of it seems to be that acting c.i.a. director michael morrell...
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john mccain when asked about it no, that's totally fine. nothing we can do about it. watch. >> i don't know, to tell you the truth, what we can do, and this immediately lease to the issue of gown control. the killer in another way was in a country that had very strict gun control laws yet he was able to acquire the necessary means to initiate and carry out a mass slaughter. i think we need to look at everything if everything should be looked at. but to think some how gun control is or increase gun control is the answer in my view that would have to be proved. >> cenk: well, no problem senator mccain. i can do that for you. your norway example is a terrible one. in 2009 there was 11,493 firearm relateed deaths here. only 107 in norway. basically 100 to one. yes, they had one bad i want incident. we're crushing them in firearm related deaths. we must be so proud. we're number one. this is not a category that you want to be number one. look at this, in 2009 shot per year 97,820. shot per day 296 and killed per day 84. we're doing it wrong and it's literally killing us. i
john mccain when asked about it no, that's totally fine. nothing we can do about it. watch. >> i don't know, to tell you the truth, what we can do, and this immediately lease to the issue of gown control. the killer in another way was in a country that had very strict gun control laws yet he was able to acquire the necessary means to initiate and carry out a mass slaughter. i think we need to look at everything if everything should be looked at. but to think some how gun control is or...
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john mccain picked sarah palin. so what does that tell us? >> well, let's be totally candid about what was going on in 2008. you remember the press conference when mitt came out to endorse john? he was biting back the bile. he did what a good soldier did and showed up to help mccain against me in 2010, but that's history. [ laughter ] >> getting personal. >> no, we're not getting personal, but, look, there is a record where his dad released the returns. i think he would be wise to follow his dad's example. it takes it away. and then you could always come back to, oh, of course, my goodness! the narrative is always going to be shock and surprise because look the dominant media culture is cheering for the reelection of obama. we know that happens as republicans. we'll just move along and point out the record unemployment, the horrible economy and say let's make a change. >> but don't you think that not releasing them -- i mean, for republicans, too -- ends up making this issue a political liability, i mean, for mitt r
john mccain picked sarah palin. so what does that tell us? >> well, let's be totally candid about what was going on in 2008. you remember the press conference when mitt came out to endorse john? he was biting back the bile. he did what a good soldier did and showed up to help mccain against me in 2010, but that's history. [ laughter ] >> getting personal. >> no, we're not getting personal, but, look, there is a record where his dad released the returns. i think he would be...
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when he gave them 23 years, john mccain's people said, let's go with sarah palin. >> cenk: oh, damn, we said it here on fly. it's sad when john mccain looks at your tax returns and says that's so lethal, we'll go with sarah palin instead. you know the segment "if i were obama." we'll do one right here. if i were obama i would do the exact same thing that's doing in his campaign. that's so rare that i've ever known that. now, we have now what is otherwise known as the notebook. >> it's here. >> cenk: one of the few reporters who still has a reporter notebook. michael, who is behind this? i've not seen a democratic campaign this tough literally in my lifetime. >> okay, well, i just want to put it in a little bit of recent historical context. if there is one thing we know president obama and his people are really good at, it's campaigning. remember in 2007 he was the candidate who was not going to have a shot at winning. he's the same people who beat the clinton machine. before that the people who would play hard balance in the hard balance category from the clintons. now he has taken t
when he gave them 23 years, john mccain's people said, let's go with sarah palin. >> cenk: oh, damn, we said it here on fly. it's sad when john mccain looks at your tax returns and says that's so lethal, we'll go with sarah palin instead. you know the segment "if i were obama." we'll do one right here. if i were obama i would do the exact same thing that's doing in his campaign. that's so rare that i've ever known that. now, we have now what is otherwise known as the notebook....
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is that john mccain was running, and that was part of his campaign to get democrats to vote for him. here you get the idea that the democrats are doing so because of mischief because they are being encouraged by the uaw or the santorum campaign so the fact that 10% according to the exit poll are democrats. that's a scary number for romney because it is democrats who are energized not to vote for somebody but because they are trying to vote against somebody. >> so we're also hearing david that turnout has been very low. this has been consistent across the state. so since you are at the romney campaign headquarters how are they viewing a low turnout? >> they are attributing that largely to all of the negative ads, with the super pacs and all of the money that has been spent, and when you are talking about 5.5 to $6 million in the course of two weeks on mostly negative ads, it has an impact. and there's aen normous amount of money being spent, i think both campaigns are acknowledging that itself is going to keep turnout down. >> for sure. david shuster thank you so much for joining us.
is that john mccain was running, and that was part of his campaign to get democrats to vote for him. here you get the idea that the democrats are doing so because of mischief because they are being encouraged by the uaw or the santorum campaign so the fact that 10% according to the exit poll are democrats. that's a scary number for romney because it is democrats who are energized not to vote for somebody but because they are trying to vote against somebody. >> so we're also hearing david...
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and in case you wonder about the richmond times they enjoy john mccain and sarah palin for the presidency in 2008. that is being debunked even by the people and the newspapers they're featuring in their ads. we'll bring in joe williams from washington, d.c. they're just making it easy, aren't they. >> it's like t-ball. you know, it's just unbelievable. and i got to tell you i used to work for the richmond times dispatch. i know that newspaper. that is as far from a left-leaning publication you can get. the editorial pages are all very balanced, but the editorial page--no way. this is actually one of the most serious debunking charge i've seen in a long time. when they come out and take a baseball bat to your ad, that's really saying something. >> michael: joe, i think it's not just about the times dispatch, but what i talk about at the top here. the republicans cannot get any traction. generally speaking a campaign going into their own convention has a little bit of traction. have the wheels gone off before they get on the track? >> that's one way of looking at it. it's unbelievable. it's
and in case you wonder about the richmond times they enjoy john mccain and sarah palin for the presidency in 2008. that is being debunked even by the people and the newspapers they're featuring in their ads. we'll bring in joe williams from washington, d.c. they're just making it easy, aren't they. >> it's like t-ball. you know, it's just unbelievable. and i got to tell you i used to work for the richmond times dispatch. i know that newspaper. that is as far from a left-leaning...
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when john mccain is calling another republican nomination of another year a greek tragedy that's a problem. our store conventional story suggests that super story will be decisive. after a second place finish in arizona and then tie in michigan, rick santorum continued had he's campaign in tennessee where he viewed last night's results as an indication of success that he thinks will come next week. >> we have a lot of wins in our back hitting here in tennessee. we'll take it across the super tuesday states. >> on tuesday, 26 delegates will be dolled doled out. due to santorum and gingrich's inability to get on the ballot virginia will be between romney and ron paul only. the two largest states up for grabs are georgia and ohio at 76 and 66 delegates respectively. in both states romney faces serious hurdles. he ban began the push in rick santorum's back afford of ohio backyard of santorum. but the polls show this may be few actual. a 7-point lead of likely voter. after skipping arizona and michigan gingrich resumed campaigning in georgia hoping that a home state victory could reinvigorate h
when john mccain is calling another republican nomination of another year a greek tragedy that's a problem. our store conventional story suggests that super story will be decisive. after a second place finish in arizona and then tie in michigan, rick santorum continued had he's campaign in tennessee where he viewed last night's results as an indication of success that he thinks will come next week. >> we have a lot of wins in our back hitting here in tennessee. we'll take it across the...
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. >> on the other hand apparently in 2000 when john mccain won this primary 17% in this open primary of the voters were democrats who were trying to make -- their own selection of who the nominee should be? so perhaps this is successful? perhaps it wasn't. but 10% is large enough margin to decide it isn't it? >> it is. and there are some union households, but for the most part they got instructions from the uaw over the past couple of days that they should be part of this depreciation chaos and support rick santorum. so not just the self identified democrats, but people who go by different labels, there was this entire effort to try to cause mitt romney some trouble, and again, the santorum campaign is saying wait a second, if romney wants to complain about inviting democrats and independents into this primary then romney should complain about what he himself did. >> uh-huh. and you spoke of operation chaos and problems with the romney campaign. it would seem at least symbolically that operation chaos has been lead by romney in terms of self inflicted injuries. we heard the candidate
. >> on the other hand apparently in 2000 when john mccain won this primary 17% in this open primary of the voters were democrats who were trying to make -- their own selection of who the nominee should be? so perhaps this is successful? perhaps it wasn't. but 10% is large enough margin to decide it isn't it? >> it is. and there are some union households, but for the most part they got instructions from the uaw over the past couple of days that they should be part of this...
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john mccain said she's not qualified and not very bright as we just played. representative marcia fudge said there is a clear -- >> masha fudge -- >> stephanie: that's her name. that there's clear racism and sexism. clyburn said these are code words. we heard them in the campaign. we heard senator sununu calling our president lazy, incompetent. these kinds of terms that those of us, especially those of us who were born and raised in the south, we've been hearing them all of our lives. we get insulted by them. susan rice is as competent as anyone you can find. to call her incompetent a ph.d., a rhodes scholar from being called incompetent by someone who can't hold a canadale to her intellectually and senator mccain called her incompetent. he told us that sarah palin was a competent person to be vice president of the united states. that would tell. >> little bit about his judgment. thank you, representative clyburn. >> it is personal for him. he's leading all of the republicans in this attack on susan rice because of the personal things -- >> damn clouds! >> st
john mccain said she's not qualified and not very bright as we just played. representative marcia fudge said there is a clear -- >> masha fudge -- >> stephanie: that's her name. that there's clear racism and sexism. clyburn said these are code words. we heard them in the campaign. we heard senator sununu calling our president lazy, incompetent. these kinds of terms that those of us, especially those of us who were born and raised in the south, we've been hearing them all of our...
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john mccain had his chance and blew it. good morning, everybody. what do you say? it is the full court press here on current tv and on your local promisive talk radio station this friday morning, all 17, so good to see you. thank you for joining us. we are coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours on radio on television and i can taking your calls at 866-55-press, our interactive town hall meeting every friday morning. you hear me say at least a couple of times a we know that when people ask: ho do you -- i was asked this at dinner lat night. what do you do for three hours? how can you possibly fill three hours with good information every more than? i say it'sedes. we go to the center for american progress. we go though thinkprogress.org and get our information because they do such great work. the head nira tanden in studio with us. >> thank you. >> thank you for your good work on many subjects. before we get into the meat of the day, i have to tell you, yesterday, at this moment we remembered the 35th anniversary of the passing of elvis presley
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the parade of horribles promised by john mccain and the family research council? soldiers were going to flee the service by the hundreds of thousands. troop unity would unravel. recruitment numbers would drops by thousands. well, none of it happened. recruitment, retention morale and cohesion all are the same if not better than they were a year and a day ago. more and more young recruits just don't share the homophobia that plighted previous generations. this is important to remember. the next time we hear cries from organizations that resist social change. they have been wrong time and time again. even allowing women to vote, despite their fears we continue to advance equality for all people and >>and now to my point. that is a whole bunch of bunk! the powerful my steal an election but they cannot steal democracy. start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. >> eliot: climate change is becoming harder and harder to deny. besides the rising temperature and increase in s
the parade of horribles promised by john mccain and the family research council? soldiers were going to flee the service by the hundreds of thousands. troop unity would unravel. recruitment numbers would drops by thousands. well, none of it happened. recruitment, retention morale and cohesion all are the same if not better than they were a year and a day ago. more and more young recruits just don't share the homophobia that plighted previous generations. this is important to remember. the next...
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and i hate to see her drummed out of there by john mccain and lindsey graham on false charges, number one. and number two, i know everybody says you just have to pick your battles, you know. a lot of people were telling the president, i'm sure, yeah, she would be great but you can't afford to make this your first fight of this -- the end of this year, the beginning of the next year. you've got -- you can't waste your political capital on this. i'm sorry the president decided not to do it. i think he should have fought right down to the finish line with susan rice. i would rather go down in flames fighting for susan rice than give in to john mccain and lindsey graham. >> jennifer: you know, i know you have to pick your battles. i've been in that situation before. i know he's battling over the cliff. we'll talk about that in a second. but it is an interesting series of dominoes that fall here. susan rice does not get secretary of state. obviously john kerry will get that. he's the senator from massachusetts. what happens in massachusetts because i would imagine massachusetts residents w
and i hate to see her drummed out of there by john mccain and lindsey graham on false charges, number one. and number two, i know everybody says you just have to pick your battles, you know. a lot of people were telling the president, i'm sure, yeah, she would be great but you can't afford to make this your first fight of this -- the end of this year, the beginning of the next year. you've got -- you can't waste your political capital on this. i'm sorry the president decided not to do it. i...
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>> stephanie: good, good, go ahead. >> caller: the republicans had john mccain. he was a good candidate for the republicans to run. i think probably the best they ever had. >> stephanie: and he lost in a landslide. what does that say? >> caller: i just don't think that we have anything to worry about. americans are going to see through all of romney's lies. >> stephanie: yeah, i think so. i think so, and another thing. >> stephanie: and if you think john mccain was a good candidate, landslide. that is totally stretched out and ready to go. speaking of john mccain. janks praebus he hopes sarah palin has a speaking role. he said, i can't make that announcement but i think she's great. we think a lot of her and i hope she does speak. >> guys and gals. >> at length. >> stephanie: and santorum will speak. when it came to ron paul and newt gringrich praebus was not willing to say. i'm sure newt gringrich would say, frankly the worst candidate ever. >> pious boom obamaloney. that's it. >> stephanie: okay, let's go to dori in massachusetts. you're on "the stephanie mille
>> stephanie: good, good, go ahead. >> caller: the republicans had john mccain. he was a good candidate for the republicans to run. i think probably the best they ever had. >> stephanie: and he lost in a landslide. what does that say? >> caller: i just don't think that we have anything to worry about. americans are going to see through all of romney's lies. >> stephanie: yeah, i think so. i think so, and another thing. >> stephanie: and if you think john...
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got to give john mccain credit here kudos to john mccain. we know the ding-bat crazy wearability -- got to be careful with my language -- michelle bachmann i am talking about, who came out with the wild alleges like huma amadine, hillary's top aide john mccain went out and condemned that kind of language in the strongest possible terms. here he is. >> huma abadene represents what is best about america, the daughter of immigrants who has risen on the basis of her substantial personal merit and her abiding commitment to the american ideals she embodies. >> right. yesterday, it was john boehner's turn. john boehner was asked by reporters, do you go along with this stuff that michelle bachmann like joe mccarthy accusations like this? and boehner condemned her as well. >> from everything i do know of her, she has a sterling character. and i think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dang dangerous. >> of course he was talking about huma abadine being a sterl character and michelle bachmann being very dangerous. you know, not often
got to give john mccain credit here kudos to john mccain. we know the ding-bat crazy wearability -- got to be careful with my language -- michelle bachmann i am talking about, who came out with the wild alleges like huma amadine, hillary's top aide john mccain went out and condemned that kind of language in the strongest possible terms. here he is. >> huma abadene represents what is best about america, the daughter of immigrants who has risen on the basis of her substantial personal merit...
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i mean first of all, i don't think john mccain believes. that. >> no. i think if you could not -- you just could not be -- he is no doneny. you can't be as smart as he is and think sara palin was ready to take over as president of the united states. >> if you were running with john mccain and you were to buy him a drink and said all right. let's talk here sarah palin? he would probably say, yeah, that was a bad idea. that was a bad idea. >> i hope to believe that he would. folks, you should know this is teacher appreciation week, and tomorrow is national teacher day we always like talking to randy weingarteng. president randy weingarten good morning. >> good morning. how are you? thank you for joining us so early this morning. >> this is time that most teachers are up either finishing their less options or rushing over to school. it's interesting. it's like when i taught when i was a living room teacher, he would be up somewhere between 4:00 and 5:00 in the morning because, you know, you are always -- people don't ever really understand just how much wo
i mean first of all, i don't think john mccain believes. that. >> no. i think if you could not -- you just could not be -- he is no doneny. you can't be as smart as he is and think sara palin was ready to take over as president of the united states. >> if you were running with john mccain and you were to buy him a drink and said all right. let's talk here sarah palin? he would probably say, yeah, that was a bad idea. that was a bad idea. >> i hope to believe that he would....
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he has worked for both howard dean and john mccain and here inside "the war room" is susan kennedy, who served as chief of staff to former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. before that she ran the state's democratic party. both of you here. both sides represented. susan i want to start with you. i want to play the little clip from the secret tape that was made inside of a fund raiser that mitt romney was speaking at, and i want to get your reaction it to. 47% who are with him all believe we're entitled to free whatever stuff from government. do you think that this is a damaging quote? >> i think you going to see governor romney backing away from that quote. at this point in time you can't afford to have your hyper bolly get away from him. >> jennifer: i think he is going to have to walk it back. what do you think karl? >> i guess conservatives must think irony has a liberal bias. because i couldn't think of anything more ironic than what mitt romney said. there would have been no bain capital if it wasn't for a corporation putting its hand out for money. there would be no mitt
he has worked for both howard dean and john mccain and here inside "the war room" is susan kennedy, who served as chief of staff to former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. before that she ran the state's democratic party. both of you here. both sides represented. susan i want to start with you. i want to play the little clip from the secret tape that was made inside of a fund raiser that mitt romney was speaking at, and i want to get your reaction it to. 47% who are with him...
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and john mccain, john mccain made that decision back in 2008. the difference is john mccain went to the naacp and he praised barack obama and said this was something that all americans should be proud of for the first time, we had a serious candidate for president who was an african-american. and he was well received there. so tough decision but the right decision i think for romney to go. here is a stupid, wrong decision. let's go there and talk crap. to go there and talk nonsense, to go there and insult these people. and maybe you saw this. our good friend eric burns from -- formerly media matters now with bullfight strategies, he has formed a new project called the message. and they're going to stir things up on issues other people don't want to talk about. so they put out a mock video of campaign consultants advising romney. again, this is pure satire, pure phony video. advising romney ahead of the naacp speech. whoa, that's a mouthful. as to what he ought to say. here's a clip from the message. >> this is about keeping the black voters from
and john mccain, john mccain made that decision back in 2008. the difference is john mccain went to the naacp and he praised barack obama and said this was something that all americans should be proud of for the first time, we had a serious candidate for president who was an african-american. and he was well received there. so tough decision but the right decision i think for romney to go. here is a stupid, wrong decision. let's go there and talk crap. to go there and talk nonsense, to go there...
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john mccain, lindsey graham. in syria rather. john mccapable and lindsey graham saying we have to bomb syria. i sought ross lateman and some others saying we have to arm the rebels in syria. are you ready? getting out of iraq getting out of afghanistan. so are you ready to bogo into sir were? >> the question e this is an important one. a lot of criticism of president obama because he is not sending troops. he is not sending articles to syria. should he? what's in the best interest of the united states? 866-55-press. 866-5577377. >> this is the bill press show. in 2012 alone. go to our website, current.com. up next it's out to the campaign trail. a surprising new poll, and that's next right here inside "the war room." >> we're not through just yet, mr. vice president. >> they're swimming against the ♪♪ ♪ >> listen and watch the bill press show on your favorite radio station and now on current tv. this is the bill press show. welcome to the spin room. >> how about it? thirteen minutes before the top of the hour. increasing ca
john mccain, lindsey graham. in syria rather. john mccapable and lindsey graham saying we have to bomb syria. i sought ross lateman and some others saying we have to arm the rebels in syria. are you ready? getting out of iraq getting out of afghanistan. so are you ready to bogo into sir were? >> the question e this is an important one. a lot of criticism of president obama because he is not sending troops. he is not sending articles to syria. should he? what's in the best interest of the...
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. >> maybe president obama needs a little more john mccain in him. wisconsin -- if scott walker survives this, that could become a serious swing state again and one that obama could lose. i don't think they looked at the longer picture. maybe these guys don't stand up and take the high risk worth the reward in this case. >> i totally agree. can we vote on a guy who is clearly being funded. they are obviously pouring in here to destroy the unions and are you going to let them buy the election, and if you don't fight back on this, i don't know what you fight back on. another great point by guys. thank you for joining us. when we come back we're going to switch gears. the cia apparently using sesame street songs to torture detainees. ♪ everybody's a-okay ♪ >> in 2003 american soldiers tortured detainees with sesame street music for days. ♪ >> all right. we knew the cia was using heinous forms of tierture in guantanamo and other places but we didn't know it was this bad. apparently they are using sesame street. how dare they. >> oftentimes we talk
. >> maybe president obama needs a little more john mccain in him. wisconsin -- if scott walker survives this, that could become a serious swing state again and one that obama could lose. i don't think they looked at the longer picture. maybe these guys don't stand up and take the high risk worth the reward in this case. >> i totally agree. can we vote on a guy who is clearly being funded. they are obviously pouring in here to destroy the unions and are you going to let them buy the...
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you have the obama campaign the state they think they can carry now that john mccain is not on the ticket? arizona. romney didn't do well last time because mccain was contesting. a lot of hispanics in arizona. that will be a test of whether romney's staying power is going to carry over from florida with hispanics. i think the last guest made a good point. you hear all of those numbers, these are among republican primary voters, and they may not translate at all into the broader electorate. >> all right. we have to take a break here but i want to come back and sum up with everything. i'm looking at that map and thinking which state is santorum going to do well in? oh, right none of them. we'll see how that plays into it when we come back. when you crack open that bottle of sam adams you're getting the freshest beer you can possibly get. if it's not fresh, we buy it back. we spend so much time selecting the ingredients and using traditional brew processes. we want to make sure everybody gets a fresh sam. >>it is an independent progressive voice. and i love that. [[vo]]she's a political trai
you have the obama campaign the state they think they can carry now that john mccain is not on the ticket? arizona. romney didn't do well last time because mccain was contesting. a lot of hispanics in arizona. that will be a test of whether romney's staying power is going to carry over from florida with hispanics. i think the last guest made a good point. you hear all of those numbers, these are among republican primary voters, and they may not translate at all into the broader electorate....
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by the way, why does anybody pay attention to john mccain anymore? let alone, john cornyn. >> this is the bill press show. back probably at reagan's time or before that when they've had administrations, they would keep spending all of the cut taxes, putting it all on the national debt and after they ran it up high enough, they would say oh my god, look at this national debt. we can't do this. they'll try to kill social security, medicare and everything they've always wanted to kill in the first place. basically a conspiracy leaving our national security at risk. >> stephanie: 49 minutes after the hour. "the stephanie miller show"." >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> this is the bill press show live on your radio and current tv. >> how about it? 33 minutes after the hour now. it is the full court press on current tv and your local progressive talk radio station. great to have you with us today. we have got lots to talk about and to help us through it, we are very proud first of all, to be on the same team with j
by the way, why does anybody pay attention to john mccain anymore? let alone, john cornyn. >> this is the bill press show. back probably at reagan's time or before that when they've had administrations, they would keep spending all of the cut taxes, putting it all on the national debt and after they ran it up high enough, they would say oh my god, look at this national debt. we can't do this. they'll try to kill social security, medicare and everything they've always wanted to kill in the...
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the big worry got gop during the 2008 presidential election, nominee john mccain won just 31% of the hispanic vote. understood beginning attempted to court those voters to allow puerto rico decide the question on statehood. he made a special appeal to cuban americans in florida. >> i would like a cuban spring in 2013 to help the people of cuba liberate themselves. >> then about an hour later mitt romney took the stage and focused on that same theme liberating cuba. >> there is a time coming soon where cuba will be free. that's going to happen, but we're going to have to get organized for it, recognize that the people there want freedom as people do all over the world and america can't sit back. >> the battle for the hispanic vote was evident during the debate. gingrich was asked about a spanish ad his campaign aired and pulled calling romney the most anti immigrant candidate. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant candidate. >> my father was born in mexico. that idea is repulsive. >> director of communications for latino decisions and a fellow at the center are politics and governanc
the big worry got gop during the 2008 presidential election, nominee john mccain won just 31% of the hispanic vote. understood beginning attempted to court those voters to allow puerto rico decide the question on statehood. he made a special appeal to cuban americans in florida. >> i would like a cuban spring in 2013 to help the people of cuba liberate themselves. >> then about an hour later mitt romney took the stage and focused on that same theme liberating cuba. >> there is...
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you actually got the 2008 opposition research file from john mccain on romney. how did you get that by the way? >> that was actually kind of a funny story. people for a long time thought that was pitched to me maybe the huntsman campaign gave that to me, but i really just found it myself during internet digging. i had a operative had sent me part of that opposition research file. and i did a google search to find a specific element of it, and it lead me to -- i think it was either scribe or some other word document where someone has published the whole file. and it was just sitting there on the net. >> did you find anything really juicy from that file? >> there were a few things in that file. there were all of these videos referenced to about romney maybe talking about where he stood on abortion, where he was on energy even there is a whole list of sort of awkward romney moments that were caught on video, that i don't think anybody can find, because i think those tapes were destroyed. it really gives the narrative that i think the mccain campaign was going to pu
you actually got the 2008 opposition research file from john mccain on romney. how did you get that by the way? >> that was actually kind of a funny story. people for a long time thought that was pitched to me maybe the huntsman campaign gave that to me, but i really just found it myself during internet digging. i had a operative had sent me part of that opposition research file. and i did a google search to find a specific element of it, and it lead me to -- i think it was either scribe...
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mccain at one point. >> yeah. >> and talk about self deportation. so i'm not sure where mitt romney lands in a state like arizona. >> i don't know if he can define himself. i think romney should look at the numbers. latinos were 16% of the electorate in nevada. and arizona around 13%, and that is just growing, and the majority of them for example, in arizona 56% voted for obama, but they are up for grabs in arizona particularly and i think -- >> you think now even after all of this anti-immigrant legislation that that hasn't mobilized people? >> i think it has mobilized people. the economy and jobs are still the number one issue for latinos. immigration is a close second. if romney -- i don't know if he'll moderate his rhetoric and say i think there should be changes to the immigration. >> in kansas you this the secretary who want access to this labor, and the secretary of state attempts to block it bypassing very harsh laws. so what happens with the business community in trying to get some rational immigration policy in this country. can that be co
mccain at one point. >> yeah. >> and talk about self deportation. so i'm not sure where mitt romney lands in a state like arizona. >> i don't know if he can define himself. i think romney should look at the numbers. latinos were 16% of the electorate in nevada. and arizona around 13%, and that is just growing, and the majority of them for example, in arizona 56% voted for obama, but they are up for grabs in arizona particularly and i think -- >> you think now even after...
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so did john mccain in 2008. and in 2004, ken the president of the republican national committee, was very much talking about you give us a chance, we'll give you a choice. that was his mantra. we're way far from those days when you have a candidate coming there and not getting that kind of warm reception and not even trying to reach out beyond certain boxes that he had to check to get through the speech. >> eliot: let me also add this. not to pile it on, michael. the language he used about the healthcare reform was edgy and condescending to use joe's word. it was not an explanatory moment when he said let me explain to you why i disagree with you. understand i share your values and here's what i want to do. this is even a bit crasser, not a single word about the voter i.d. laws. they have been the talk of the naacp convention. are the litmus test by which many people are being measured. voter suppression. nothing about that. that would have been a mechanism by which he could have said let's explain what we're do
so did john mccain in 2008. and in 2004, ken the president of the republican national committee, was very much talking about you give us a chance, we'll give you a choice. that was his mantra. we're way far from those days when you have a candidate coming there and not getting that kind of warm reception and not even trying to reach out beyond certain boxes that he had to check to get through the speech. >> eliot: let me also add this. not to pile it on, michael. the language he used...
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john mccain won wisconsin by 18%. and romney outspend santorum in this primary only four to one this time. only four to one. this is an astonishing fact though. in 2008, 72% of eligible wisconsinites voted in the general election. that is the second best. but 72% is an astonishing number. that i think is an interesting fact when you consider what is coming up in the general election in wisconsin. so let's fine out what is happening on the ground in wisconsin, and for that i'm joined by craig gilbert. craig is the washington bureau chief for the milwaukee journal sentinal, and tonight he comes to us from milwaukee. craig can you hear me? >> i can hear you. >> great. welcome into "the war room." glad to have you here. let's just start with that fact that i just mentioned about the 2008 election, and that 40% of the votes in the gop primary came from rural voters. is there a chance that these poll numbers they just showed are skewed toward romney? will santorum actually make up some of that difference with those rural vo
john mccain won wisconsin by 18%. and romney outspend santorum in this primary only four to one this time. only four to one. this is an astonishing fact though. in 2008, 72% of eligible wisconsinites voted in the general election. that is the second best. but 72% is an astonishing number. that i think is an interesting fact when you consider what is coming up in the general election in wisconsin. so let's fine out what is happening on the ground in wisconsin, and for that i'm joined by craig...
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>> stephanie: steve schmidt did you see john mccain's campaign manager. he said we just thought it is not -- necessarily that he did anything illegal. he would have a hard time connectinging with the average person? he said he didn't personally see romney's tax returns. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] mittens out yesterday saying obama is attacking success. >> yeah, that's what he's doing. that's why businesses are sitting on top of $2 trillion of -- >> stephanie: let's see. the president on the campaign trail -- >> there's some things we do better together. >> stephanie: thank you. >> obama: we rise or fall as one nation. that's what i believe. [ applause ] that's what our history tells us. >> stephanie: romney said our economy is driven by free people pursuing their ideas and dreams. the president doesn't want that. he wants to bring slavery back. >> free of highways and free of police officers, free of firemen. >> stephanie: it is not driven by government and what the president is doing is crushing economic freedom. romney made heavy use of an out of
>> stephanie: steve schmidt did you see john mccain's campaign manager. he said we just thought it is not -- necessarily that he did anything illegal. he would have a hard time connectinging with the average person? he said he didn't personally see romney's tax returns. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] mittens out yesterday saying obama is attacking success. >> yeah, that's what he's doing. that's why businesses are sitting on top of $2 trillion of -- >> stephanie:...
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. >> maybe president obama needs a little more john mccain in him. wisconsin -- if scott walker survives this that could become a serious swing state again and one that obama could lose. i don't think they looked at the longer picture. maybe these guys don't stand up and take the high risk worth the reward in this case. >> i totally agree. can we vote on a guy who is clearly being funded. they are obviously pouring in here to destroy the unions and are you going to let them buy the election and if you don't fight back on this i don't know what you fight back on. another great point by guys. thank you for joining us. when we come back we're going to switch gears. the cia apparently using sesame street songs to torture detainees. ♪ everybody's in your jeep grand cherokee. and when you do, you'll be grateful for the adaptive cruise control that automatically adjusts your speed when approaching slower traffic. and for the blind spot monitoring that helps remind you that the highway might not be as desolate... ...as you thought. ♪ ♪ uh, i'm in a tim
. >> maybe president obama needs a little more john mccain in him. wisconsin -- if scott walker survives this that could become a serious swing state again and one that obama could lose. i don't think they looked at the longer picture. maybe these guys don't stand up and take the high risk worth the reward in this case. >> i totally agree. can we vote on a guy who is clearly being funded. they are obviously pouring in here to destroy the unions and are you going to let them buy the...